On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 11:16 AM Andrea Zanni <[email protected]>
wrote:

> (probably Magnus' mail was not directed to the Wikisource list, I didn't
> receive it).
>
> The problem is that books =/= texts, and we have "many to many"
> relationships at different levels.
>
> > 1. A Wikidata (Qx) item is an edition of another Wikidata item (Qy)
> > 2. Qx (the edition) has an associated (e.g. English) Wikisource page
>
> Wikisource has at least 2 pages for books: ns0 and Index.
>
> They are often not the same thing.
> For example, I can have an Index page for a poetry book, and have single
> pages in Wikisource ns0 for each poem.
> At the same time, I can have 3-4 index pages for a very big book, which
> has a single ns0 page.
> Every index is a volume.
>

FWIW, there is a new property that hopefully takes care of this:
https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Property:P1957&redirect=no


>
> Moreover, I can have both at the same times: multiple Index pages
> (volumes) for books that contain different works (think as a 3 volume
> edition of Shakespeare tragedies).
>
> Finally, the can be a disambiguation like page to in a "work" namespace
> (this one is easy).
>
> It is solvable, but it is complex.
>
> 3. Qx and/or Qy have an associated (English) Wikipedia page
>
> I think that one of the issues here is the simple fact that the matter is
> complex, and even if you find a solution to the "theory", it's not easy to
> comply. Right now in Wikidata there is confusion, around books, and you
> don't really know what to do with them.
>
> Moreover, it is not easy at all to create a new book, make the right
> relationships with the author and other work/edition of the same book. For
> example, as far as I know, you can't copy an item, and this alone is a
> burden to the user who has to start everytime from scratch a new item.
> I myself give it up most times than not....
>
> Aubrey
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Nicolas VIGNERON <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 2015-06-29 11:46 GMT+02:00 Magnus Manske <[email protected]>:
>>
>>> Not sure I see the problem.
>>>
>>
>> Same for me.
>>
>> 1. A Wikidata (Qx) item is an edition of another Wikidata item (Qy)
>>> 2. Qx (the edition) has an associated (e.g. English) Wikisource page
>>> 3. Qx and/or Qy have an associated (English) Wikipedia page
>>>
>>
>> It's a bit more complex than that but I agree.
>>
>> A large number (a majority?) of works have only one edition, in this case
>> there is only one item on Wikidata, it's even easier : no problem.
>> There is disambig-like pages on wikisources for works. In this case, no
>> problem again, you can link Wikipedia and Wikisource directly :
>> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83186
>> Somtimes, there is wikipedia article about editions, again there is no
>> problem here.
>>
>> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Books is very useful,
>> most of the cases are describe and explain.
>>
>> Cdlt, ~nicolas
>>
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